Protective Role of Achillea biebersteinii Pretreatment on Dimethoate Induced Oxidative Stress in Guinea Pigs Liver
Author(s) -
Yahya S. AlAwthan,
Mohamed Ali Al-Dua,
Amany Abdulfatah,
Waleed Ahmed Alri
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1812-5735
pISSN - 1028-8880
DOI - 10.3923/pjbs.2017.403.409
Subject(s) - oxidative stress , pharmacology , dimethoate , antioxidant , traditional medicine , chemistry , medicine , biology , biochemistry , pesticide , agronomy
The present study investigated the influence of Achillea biebersteinii (Ab), a medicinal herb used widely in Yemeni's folk medicine as analgesic, antipyretic, against diarrhea and flatulence and for liver diseases, on the liver antioxidant potential of guinea pigs acutely intoxicated with dimethoate pesticide (DM).
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